Liability Rules in Patent Law
Daniel Krauspenhaar
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Description for Liability Rules in Patent Law
Paperback. In considering how to improve the patent system and enhance economic efficiency, this analysis deploys research from law, business administration, and economics to show how some patents are better protected by property law and others by liability legislation. Series: Munich Studies on Innovation and Competition. Num Pages: 252 pages, 10 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: LBBM; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 397.
The primary purpose of a patent law system should be to enhance economic efficiency, in particular by providing incentives for making inventions. The conventional wisdom is that patents should therefore be strictly exclusive rights. Moreover, in practice patent owners are almost never forced to give up their right to exclude others and receive only a certain amount of remuneration with, for instance, compulsory licensing. Other economically interesting patent-law objectives, however, include the transfer and dissemination of knowledge. Mechanisms exist by which the patent owner decides if he or she would prefer exclusive or non-exclusive rights, for instance the opportunity to declare ... Read more
The primary purpose of a patent law system should be to enhance economic efficiency, in particular by providing incentives for making inventions. The conventional wisdom is that patents should therefore be strictly exclusive rights. Moreover, in practice patent owners are almost never forced to give up their right to exclude others and receive only a certain amount of remuneration with, for instance, compulsory licensing. Other economically interesting patent-law objectives, however, include the transfer and dissemination of knowledge. Mechanisms exist by which the patent owner decides if he or she would prefer exclusive or non-exclusive rights, for instance the opportunity to declare ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Series
Munich Studies on Innovation and Competition
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783662524893
SKU
V9783662524893
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99-15
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